Turkey-Qatar cement defence ties with DIMDEX deals

Lale Sariibrahimoglu, Ankara - Jane's Defence Weekly

19 March 2018

Turkey announced that its defence companies were awarded contracts worth more than USD700 million by Qatar during the DIMDEX show held in Doha on 12-14 March, further deepening the ties between the two countries.

Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) announced the USD700 million figure on Twitter at the end of the show along with a list of companies involved.

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